Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1929, Page 35

SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1929. EPORTS:! n— Griff Confident of Classy Keystone Combination : Maryland Racing Faces Battle 1S SURE STEWART OR HAYES WL D0 Boss Airs Views on Double- Play Methods—Spencer Harris Is in Line. AMPA, February 8.—Spencer Har- ris, the outfielder obtained from Minneapolis by the Nationals for & sum reputed to be $20,000, has telegraphed President Grif- fith that he is mailing his signed agree- ment to Tampa. This brings the num- ber of players either under formal con- tract or having come to terms with the club to 19, with 13 yet unsigned. Harris failed to add anything to his telegraphic acceptance of terms other than to state that he would report to training head- quarters when ordered. Jack Bentley, the Sandy Spring (Md) ball player, who has been appointed manager of the York ball | club, paid his old employer a visit at training camp hcadquarters here yes- terday afternoor. Bentley is in Florida looking after business interests, but his visit to Tampa this afternoon was in- spired by his desire to obtain any play- ers Griffith might turn loose after the training season was over. The ex-Washington pitcher, who played last year with the Newark team in the International League, was very enthusiastic over Walter Johnson’s big league managerial venture. “Base ball players and fans are with | Barney to a man in wishing him well,” said Bentley. “If pulling is going to get the big train over his first year out, | Walter will emulate his. predecessor, Stanley Harris, and win a pennant the first year. “Johnson had a bad crew at Newark last season. By bad crew I mean some hard-to-handle players, and he did ex- ceptionally well, all things considered. He should benefit materially from the experience he received there, and if any of the Washington outfit thinks they are going to have a soft boss to work under I think they are in for a surprise. My very best wishes are extended to the greatest pitcher of all times.” Griffith gave Bentley very little en- couragement along the line of letting him have sny of his surplus playing material. There are other outlets for the discarded athletes which fit better in the Old Fox's scheme of things. Griff on Double Plays. Griffith takes issue with Jimmy Isaminger, Philadelphia sports writer, as to the relative value of the “second” or pivot man in the execution of dou- ble plays as compared with the player on the initial end of the double killings, Isaminger is quoted, in paying tribute to two ex-Nationals during a discussion of double plays, as follows: “Observers of base ball will tell you that Wash- ington won two pennants because of MORRIS LERNER ERIC KJELLSTROM ‘ BERNARD BONNIWELL JAY JULICHER tion that during the three consecutive years immediately preceding the date of pointed by the president as soon FIGHT ON TRACKS HAS MANY ANGLES Even Bettors Dissatisfied| With Trend of Things in Last Campaign. BY L. F. VAN ORSDALE. ERIOUS discontent over the pres-| S ent conduct of racing in Mary- land has been forced into the| limelight through the introduc- | tion in the Maryland House of| Delegates of a bill to prohibit the operation of pari-mutuel machines at the tracks. ¢ The bill, presented by Irvin C. Hamilton (Republican) of Alleghany County, provides a mandatory sentence of one year in jail and a fine of $5,000 | for “an individual in or around a race| track to accept any money for the pur- pose of betting on any race horse. Mr. Hamilton, president of the Mary- | land Federation of Labor, said that the | bill had the backing of the State labor organization and the American Federa- tion of Labor. It is well known through- out the State that the church organiza- tions have been hostile toward the race tracks for many years and have en- deavored to have legislation prohibiting | their operation passed by previous | legislatures. E The sport had a narrow escape in 1922, when the Hall anti-race track betting bill passed the House of Dele- gates. This proposed bill abolished legalized betting at the four one-mile tracks and two half-mile tracks. After being passed by the Delegates it was | sent to the Senate, where it was-much | revised and so amended that the Dele- gates refused to accept it in its changed form and they killed it. Politicians Wail. The grapevine telegraph around the racing circuit last Fall carried many rumors of discontent from many sources and representing many divergent inter- ests. Loudest in their wailings were | the “small-fry” politicians, intent on| holding down a $5 to $25 a day job | working for the 100 or more days of racing in the pari-mutuel department. Next were the badge *“hounds,” who insisted that they be given as many | badges as they desired, to be handed around to their constituents. And a| still smaller majority turned in a griev- ance over the fact that a large number of Canadians are employed throughout the Maryland season in the pari-mutuel departments, thus taking a number of Jjobs away from the home boys. Pimlico is the special target for the politicians. This track, conceded by all racing followers as the model of straight-laced racing on the American continent, is reputed to have lopped off a large slice of “courtesies” after the passing of John J. (“Sonny”) Mahon, the political dictator of the State. It will be recalled that a fair-sized scandal mutuels with sufficlent recurrence to more than make up for the $1.50 ad- mission or a pull beyond that of a ward heeler to get possession of a badge. Pimlico occupies a position of greater independence than any of the other tracks. Its expenses, due to its loca- tion within the city limits of Baltimore, are high, due to the taxes. But, con- versely, its income also is greater, be- cause hundreds of people from all over the country who never visit another race course make their semi-annual pil- grimage to “Old Hilltop.” Handle Million a Day. ‘The pari-mutuel machines at Pimlico handle nearly $1,000,000 a day, the exact total for 23 days of racing there last year being $17,852,503. The mag- nitude of this will be appreciated when it is pointed out that the first 10 days of the Jefferson Park meeting at New Otleans handled little more than £10,000,000. Pimlico drew 60,000 more paid admissions than the next nearest track, Laurel. So the politicians have trained their legislative guns on the biggest prize. Take the betting away from the tracks and there is nothing left to or for racing. The argument that it aids the breeding of horses is a joke too ludicrous to be taken seriously when the emor- mous losses caused by its operation are computed. The chief argument used in favor of racing in Maryland is the statement that it contributes around $700,000 in revenue to the State’s coffers. Gov. Ritchie has made this sum his official estimate in the budgets for 1930 and 1931. The total paid the State for 1928 was $716,661.74. The church element pointed out in the arguments for the Hall bill in 1922 that racing brings little into the State that is desirable and takes away mil- lions each year. They pointed out that each of the major tracks was started on a “shoestring,” a comparatively small amount of capital having been invested in the beginning, and that the tracks have grown to their present positions of grandeur and affluence out of the “take” from Maryland wage-earners. Bettors Are Kicking. Added to the general and growing complaint against Maryland racing as an institution is the now voluble vitu- peration of the last element that would be suspected of ingrowing pains—the bettor. The man around the track doesn’t use choice terms when speaking of many races run last year. “Crooked,” “fixed,” “pulled,” “doped,’ ominated, “ran last night” and other expressive descriptives are used freely, and fre- quently loudly. It is hardly necessary for any one familiar with racing to have these in. STORE HOURS: THREE CLUBS MEET IN AMATEUR SCRAPS Knights of Columbus, City Club and Boys’ Club boxers are well matched for amateur bouts to be staged tonight un- der the auspices of the Knights of Co- lumbus in Carroll Hall, 920 Tenth street, starting at 8:15 o’clock. Nevins Barber will meet Hugo Stella- blotta and Leo Coveleski will clash with Jack De Prato in two of the feature bouts. ‘Tonight's program: ot ., C.). %6 pounds—(K. of C. entrant undeter- mined) vs. Joe Tamagni (C. C.). i 135 pounds—_Jjoe Madden (K."of O) vs. s—Leo Coveleskie (K. of C.) vs. k rato (C. C. pounds—Charley’ Ryan (K. of C.) vs. Bryan (C. C.). 75 pounds—Bill Harvey (K. of C.) vs. Leighton Minor (C. C.). stances pointed out, but that there was an increasing number of shady-looking (to use a mild term) races run in Mary- land last Fall was evident. There was a general complaint that the more pre- tentious stables, owned by millionaires, could get away with the proverbial “murder,” and the racing authorities seemed blind. The most flagrant case {of this was the astounding form re- versal of Soul of Honor at Bowie. It might not be out of place to mention that this is the same track where Care- free, a horse that has won more races over more different tracks of the United States and Canada than any horse rac- ing in Maryland in recent years, was ruled off for inconsistent performance. And Carefree is a cheap selling plater, owned by a family of modest means. With the general trend of events, racing is in for a period of trouble at Annapolis. Those close to the subject do not believe that the present Hamil- ton bill stands a chance of being passed by the present Legislature. But what about the next one? This is where the anti-racing ele- ments are arranging to concentrate their forces for a battle which will drive the “bangtails” out of the State. And once they have been divorced from the Maryland wage-earners’ pocket- books they never will come back, say the purificationists. A “bootleg” race meeting would be impossible, is their answer to those who retort that a dry law has failed to make Maryland any drier than the Chesapeake. 8 AM. 9 P.M. Daily To 11 P.M. Saturday To 1 P.M. Sundays & Holidays SALE DAY EVERY DAY We Carry a Complete Line practicable after the adoption of this of Genuine Ford Parts was brewed when an ousted racing inspector revealed that Mahon was the facility with which Peckinpaugh Ban 6]] NOH-Amateur GOlferS such removal the applicant has not been article and _thereafter on the and Stanley Harris could complete dou- Hithin_ the ‘provisions of section 2 of Monday of March of ech year Ve |ns E : : - i ticle. No player may be re- cancies shall be filled by eside Dls plays: " 2n S ithrec-way double:play Esed Trm the meRaibie 1ist more than | for the femainder. of "the unexpired | Lcing Pald $10,000 a year from the it'’s the second man handling the ball n ]l O once under this paragraph. term. The committee shall name its 9 who makes the coup ible. Either e l‘ 0 OSC y . lo y Im‘;l u“n;e name appears on !llxle m; nwsr;:r_n;nmmm A no secret around the tracks that Ma- Harris or Peckinpaugh could cover and Dafagraph (3 0f (4) 0f section 5of this | construed as Dreventing any member | Hon's “O. K-'on an application for a take the throw without collision with % article, the removal may be made if club from refusing to allow a player to |JOD ab any or al le Maryland trac the d it with th the eligibility committee is satisfled that compete in any match or tournament |was tantamount to a lifetime appoint- e i b o o under the jurisdiction of such club. ihenl, unless fired: for' cnise. T And Pimlico at the last meeting is TEST FOR BILLY BARTON. Radiators Tubular; guaranteed to l the ni teurism n golf has been brought | - {17, PURIET G e Tnefisible list- forth by the District Golf Asso- appropriate _committee, has rein- Grifith is emphatic in his refusal stated the player, unless in the opinion Can Veto Action on Appeal said to have slashed the free list down - - | earlier, the plaver appeals to the execu- the United ‘States Golf Assoclation, or motion to first.” THAT long-awaited report onama- | earl e A the to subscribe to this theory of double- plays. “To state that the second man in double-play execution is the main play- er is absolutely wrong. If you were to ask me to put a percentage valuation upon the first and second players in the double-play I would say that the first man is at least 70 per cent of the play, with the second or pivot man no more than 30 per cent valuable in the execu- be tion of the twin killings. “Now, let me make it instantly clear that I _have no specific reference to Roger Peckinpaugh nor Stanley Harris. I am commenting solely upon the valua- tion that Isaminger puts upon the sec- ond msn in double-plays. His argu- ment, it seems, falls of its own weight. “If the second man was so valua- ble, and Harris was the second man in the majority of the double plays in which Rogers, Stanley and Joe Judge | took place in the years mentioned, why | was there such a marked difference in the double plays after Peck left? Har- | ris still was at second in the piyot sition in most of ‘the plays ofltml g from third base and short. “The fact of the matter is that the man who first handles the ball on double-play chances is far more val- uable than the second man. No matter how good a pivot man is, he can do nothing with that old pill until it reaches him. Peck could get the ball to Hatris like lightning. Stanley could get it to Peck in the same way. Bluege was a bearcat in whipping that ball to whichever one was covering. But the success of the play depended upon get- ting the ball to second. “There must be no waiting for the ball to get up to the fielder. He must g0 meet it. One extra bound eliminated by advancing to the ball is equal to one full step of the base-runner going to first. Peckinpaugh would invariably save that bounce. So would Harris. Great fielders, both of them. But it was on the initial end of their double- play work that their greatest aid to this most important fielding was found. ‘The pivot jnan is small potatoes com- pared witH’ the thrower.” Griffith looks for another great double-play combination this year for the Nationals. Bluege will get that ball to either Hayes or Stewart with plenty speed,” says the Nationals’ president. “He should be a worthy successor of Peckinpaugh in that respect. “Buddy Myer will do his end when he is called on to start the twin killings, and which- ever of the two second base candidates gets the call from Johnson, I feel con- fident he will fill the bill. Hayes has | as fine a throwing arm as I ever have seen. He may have to be tutored in get- ting the ball away from him on his end of the double plays, but he will master that phase of the game. If fast work at the keystone sack is all that is need- ed to put the Nationals over this year I believe the Washington fans will have much to be enthusiastic about before Fall rolls around. VICK WILL UMPIRE. ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 8 (®). ~—Henry J. (Ernie) Vick, former Na- tional League catcher, has signed & contract to umpire in the Piedmont League, he told friends here today. Sure Way to Get There is one sure way that never , fails to remove dandruff completely and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it entirely To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvon; appl, clation. Nearly a year of wres- tling with a problem that left the association holding the bag in the Voigt case of 1927, when the United States Golf Association cut the legs from under an assumption by the local body that Voigt had violated a national rule, resulted last night in issuance of a code of amateur eligibility which will laid before the annual meeting of the District association in March, to be incorporated in the proposed revised constitution and to be binding upon all member clubs. ‘The new amateur code takes a nega- tive stand in regard to amateurism, in that it does not spécifically define an amateur or a professional, but it lays down certain regulations which an amateur golfer cannot break and still remain an amateur locally. The code does not seek to restrict the right of the local clubs to disbar any player from their tournaments,” whether the player has been deemed not an amateur, or not. Eligibility is to be determined, under the code drawn .up by a committee headed by Dr. Bruce L. Taylor, by a rotating committee of five members, to be appointed each year by the District association, and t=e players deemed guilty of violating the proposed amateur rule shall be placed on an “ineligible list.” Under the revision of the Dis- trict Golf ~Association constitution, which has been made by a committee headed by Albert E. Steinem, the pro- posed code, if adopted, will be binding on all member clubs. At present there are no charges of violation of the amateur rule in golf pending before the District association. Proposed Amendment. The text of the proposed amendment to the constitution follows: Sec. 1—No person shall be eligible to compete In any amateur match or tour- nament, under the jurisdiction of this association or any member club thereof, whose name appears on the incligible list, which list shaii be maintained by the’ association. ¢ Sec. 2—There shall be placed on the ineligibie list, in the manner hereirafter provided. the name of each person— (1) Who has played for a money prize, or % (2) Who has received payment for teaching or plaving the game, or (3) Who h b sional or not to be an amateur by the United States Golf Association, lD'vrflnnn!t committee thereof, o 4) who been debarred by the United States Golf Association or the aporopriate committee thereof from com- petition in an amateur tournament un- der its jurisdiction, or ¢5) A material portion of whose in- come for any period after the adoption of this article is attributable to his skill a5 a golfer. Sec. 3. (a) No name shall be placed on the ineligible list until the player has been afforded an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel before the eligi- bility $ommittee, reasonable notice of the time and place of such hearing having been sent to him by registered mail at his last_known address. or delivered to him personally. containing a brief state- ment of the charges against him. The hearing shall be conducted in such man- ner as the committee may determine, or as the exccutive committee may by en- eral or special order require. (b) If the eligibility committee after such hearing finds that the player is within the provisions of Section 2 of this article 1t shall send to the player by reg- istered ‘mail at his. last known address, or deliyer to him personally, notice here- of. and transmit a copy to the executive committee of the association. Unless within flve days (exclusive of Sundays and_legal holidays) from the mailing of or delivery of such notice, whichever is Rid of Dandruff as been declared a profes- (c) 1f appeal is taken within the time prescribed. the executive committee, after such procedure as it may determinc, may affirm or reverse the decision of the eligi- bility commitee. If the decision of the eligibility committee is gfirmed, the name of the player shall e placed on the “ineligible list. c. 4. (a) A name may be removed from the ineligible list by the eligibility committee if it appears to ils satisfac- of the eligibility’ committee the player has_otherwise disqualified himself. (c) No player may be removed from the ineligible list if in the opinion of the eligibility committee he has at any time in_each of five years (whether or mot consecutive) acted in such man- ner as to come within the provisions of section 2 of this article. Sec. 5. 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